EP1444705A2

Method for effective trimming of resistors using pulsed heating

Abstract

There is provided a method and circuit for trimming a functional resistor on a thermally isolated micro-platform such that a second functional resistor on the same micro-platform remains substantially untrimmed; a method and circuit for providing and trimming a circuit such that at least two circuit elements of the circuit are subjected to a same operating environment and the operating environment is compensated for by distributing heat generated during operation of the circuit among the two circuit elements; a method and circuit for trimming a functional resistor on a thermally-isolated micro-platform such that a constant temperature distribution is obtained across the functional resistor; and a method and circuit for calculating a temperature coefficient of resistance of a functional resistor.

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Document	Office	Kind	Date
317969P	United States of America	–	2001-09-10
31796901	United States of America	P	2001-09-10
0201366	Canada	W	2002-09-10

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CA2459902A1	Canada	A1	2003-03-20
WO03023794A2	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A2	2003-03-20
AU2002325723A1	Australia	A1	2003-03-24
WO03023794A3	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A3	2004-01-15
WO03023794A9	World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)	A9	2004-02-26
TW200404312A	Taiwan Province of China	A	2004-03-16
EP1444705A2This record	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2004-08-11
IL160779D0	Israel	D0	2004-08-31
US2004207507A1	United States of America	A1	2004-10-21
US2004239477A1	United States of America	A1	2004-12-02
JP2005502212A	Japan	A	2005-01-20
KR20050026904A	Republic of Korea	A	2005-03-16
CN1620704A	China	A	2005-05-25
US7119656B2	United States of America	B2	2006-10-10
TWI283873B	Taiwan Province of China	B	2007-07-11
US7249409B2	United States of America	B2	2007-07-31
EP1444705B1	European Patent Office (EPO)	B1	2007-08-29
AT371936T	Austria	T	2007-09-15
ATE371936T1	Austria	T1	2007-09-15
DE60222162D1	Germany	D1	2007-10-11
US2007246455A1	United States of America	A1	2007-10-25
US2007261232A1	United States of America	A1	2007-11-15
EP1876608A2	European Patent Office (EPO)	A2	2008-01-09
EP1876608A3	European Patent Office (EPO)	A3	2008-04-16
DE60222162T2	Germany	T2	2008-06-12
JP4268520B2	Japan	B2	2009-05-27

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2015-07-31	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
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2014-01-31	Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]GrantedPGFP	PGFP	EP
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2012-06-22	Notification of lapseLapsedST	ST	FR
2012-05-23	Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal feeCeasedGBPC	GBPC	EP
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2011-04-21	Applications withdrawn, deemed to be withdrawn, or refused after publication in hong kongWithdrawnWD	WD	HK
2011-02-28	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
2009-09-30	Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo]LapsedPG25	PG25	EP
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2008-03-28	Fr: translation filedET	ET	EP
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2008-02-29	Patent ceasedCeasedPL	PL	CH
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2007-04-04	Title (correction)METHOD FOR EFFECTIVE TRIMMING OF RESISTORS USING PULSED HEATINGRTI1	RTI1	EP
2007-03-21	Title (correction)METHOD FOR EFFECTIVE TRIMMING OF RESISTORS USING PULSED HEATINGRTI1	RTI1	EP
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Method for effective trimming of resistors using pulsed heating

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